Gun-sight.



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GUN SIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, I911.

1,257,000. Patented Feb. 19, 191g.

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MURL HEWES, OF GROSMONT, ALBERTA, CANADA.

GUN-SIGHT.

Application filed May 2, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, More. Hnwns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Grosmont, in the Province of Alberta, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in. Gun-Sights, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to sights for firearms, particularly adapted for use with rifles and the like.

An object of the present invention is to provide a rear sight which is adjustable into various elevations upon the barrel, and which may also be adjusted to provide what is known as a peep sight or an open sight, as is found desirable.

The invention further provides a sight with a flexible blade and a hinged element, such as a peep or open sight part which is hinged upon the blade, and provides a second slide which may be adjustable beneath and interlocked with both the blade and the sight to hold them raised, or which may be used Only for supporting the blade.

The above, and various other objects and advantages of this invention will be in part described, and in part understood, from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a gun barrel provided with a sight, constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken longitudinally and substantially centrally through the gun barrel and the sight as applied thereto.

Fig. a is a detail enlarged section taken longitudinally through the rear portion of the sight, the bottom line disclosing the elevating slide and the hinged peep sight in interlocked relation.

Referring to this drawing, A designates the barrel of a gun, or the like, provided in the usual manner with a transversely extending dove-tailed seat B.

A flexible blade 10 is provided at its under side, and at its forward end with a transversely extending dove-tailed tongue 11 adapted to fit in the seat B to hold one end of the tongue 11 rigidly to the barrel A. The rear end of the blade 10 is bifurcated or forked to provide a pair of opposed resilient arms 12 with a relatively wide slot or opening extending longitudinally in the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Serial No. 166,038.

blade between the arms. The arms 12 are connected together adjacent to their rear extremities by a transversely extending open or notched sight 13, and the arms 12 are provided at their rear extremities with inwardly extending projections 14 which bear against the rear face of the sight 13.

Pivotally mounted between the inner spaced-apart ends of the projections 14, is a shank 15 which projects from the inner or lower end of a peep or closed sight 16, the shank 15 being mounted on a pin 17 which is carried by said projections. The lower portions of the projections 14 are under-cut and provide continuations of the inner opposed walls of the arms 12, to accommodate a longitudinally extending slide 18 between the arms. The slide 18 is in the form of a longitudinally tapering block or key provided in its upper inclined face with a plurality of ratchet steps 19.

Projecting inwardly from the rear ends of the arms 12, and from the inner walls of the projections 14, are a pair of opposed ribs or shoulders 20 having vertically extending faces adapted to engage the shoulders 19 of the slide 18, and which are provided with lower inclined faces which rise forwardly and extend across the lower end of the sight 13. These forwardly and upwardly incline-d faces, designated at 21, are adapted to lie flat against the inclined faces of the ratchet steps 19. The shank 15 is formed at its free or lower end with an inclined face 22 adapted to be moved. into the plane of the face 21 when the peep sight 16 is raised, and to lie against the adjacent inclined portion of the slide 18. The adjacent shoulder 19 of the slide engages the rear edge of the shank 15 when raised to hold the latter yieldingly in raised posit-ion and against the fixed open or notched sight 13.

It is apparent that the slide 18 may be moved longitudinally between the arms 12, and that any shoulder 19 of the slide may be brought to bear against the inwardly extending shoulders or ribs formed upon the rear extremities of the arms 12, and also against the lower edge 22 of the peep sight.

As shown in Fig. 4, the slide 18 may be adjusted between the arms 12 for engagement with the ribs 20 thereof to lock the slide 18 against longitudinal sliding movement, and to hold the fixed sight 13 at the desired elevation. The peep sight 16 is shown in full line in this figure as being swung down out of the way. It will be noted that the rear base of the fixed sight 13 is recessed sufiiciently to receive the lower edge or end 22 of the peep sight to admit of its adjustment out of the way, and so as not to interfere with any adjustment of the slide 18 which it is desired to make. lVhen the peep sight 16 is raised, its lower end engages the upper face of the slide 18 and springs the rear end of the blade 10 upwardly sufficiently to clear the shank 15 of the slide 18, and seat the shank 15 against the adjacent shoulder 19. It is apparent that the adjustment of the peep sight 16 does not interfere with any elevation into which the rear end of the blade 10 may be adjusted.

The sight comprises the fixed blade, the one-piece slide, and the single hinged element 16 so that the device comprises but relatively few parts, which may be so assembled as to produce a relatively strong structure, and one which may be quickly adjusted into the desired elevation, and which may be adjusted to expose the closed or open sight without disturbing the prior adjustment of the elevation.

It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction of the above specifically described sight without departing from the spirit of this invention, and being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

I claim 1. In a gun sight, the combination of a flexible blade adapted for securement at one end to a gun barrel and provided with a locking shoulder at its opposite end, a sight element hingedly mounted upon the rear end of the blade and provided with a locking shoulder, and a slide arranged beneath said blade for adjustment against the locking shoulder thereof to hold the slide from displacement when adjusted to elevate said blade, and adapted for engagement with the shoulder of said sight element to hold the same in elevated position.

2. In a gun sight, the combination of a blade adapted to be fixed at one end to a gun barrel and provided with a locking shoulder at its rear end, a slide arranged beneath said blade and provided with ratchet steps for interlocking engagement one at a time with said shoulder to hold the blade in elevated position, and a sight element hingedly mounted upon said blade and provided with a locking shoulder adapted to engage the adjacent ratchet shoulder of the slide.

3. In a gun sight, the combination of a flexible blade adapted for securement at one end to a gun barrel and provided at its opposite end with a locking shoulder, a slide adjustably mounted beneath said blade and adapted for interlocking engagement with said shoulder to hold the blade in elevated position, a fixed sight element secured to the rear end of said blade, and a second sight element hingedly mounted upon said blade and provided with a locking shoulder for engagement with said slide to hold the sight in elevated position.

4. In a gun sight, the combination of a flexible blade adapted for securement at one end to a gun barrel and being bifurcated at its opposite end, the free ends of said blade having inwardly extending shoulders, a fixed sight element connecting the rear ends of said blade, a hinged sight element mounted on the rear end of said blade at one side of the fixed sight element and adapted to be sprung upwardly thereagainst, said pivoted sight element, and said rear end of the blade being provided with retaining shoulders, and a slide adapted to engage in the bifurcated end of said blade and having stepped shoulders for interlocking engagement with the shoulders of the blade and the pivoted sight element.

5. In a gun sight, the combination of a flexible blade adapted for securement at one end to a gun barrel, said blade being bifurcated at its opposite ends and provided thereat with inwardly extending retaining shoulders, a slide fitting between the rear ends of said blade and provided with stepped shoulders adapted for interlocking engagement one at a time with said retaining shoulders, an open sight secured across said ends of the blade, and a peep sight pivotally mounted between said ends of the blade and adapted to be raised against the fixed sight and provided upon its lower end with an interlocking shoulder for engagement with said slide to yieldingly hold the peep sight in raised position.

6. In a gun sight, the combination of a flexible blade adapted for securement at one end to a gun barrel, and provided with forkarms at its rear end, said fork-arms being provided on their inner opposed faces with inwardly extending retaining shoulders arranged in transverse alinement, a fixed sight secured between said arms of the blade forwardly of said retaining shoulders, a pivoted sight mounted between said arms rearwardly of the fixed sight and adapted to be swung upwardly thereagainst, said pivoted sight having a shoulder upon its lower end adapted to aline transversely with said retaining shoulders, and a slide arranged between the rear ends of said blades and having stepped ratchet shoulders for interlocking engagement with said retaining shoulders and said shoulder on the pivoted sight.

MURL HEWES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 6. 

